Spiral galaxy NGC 1232

The striking, large spiral galaxy NGC 1232, and its distorted companion shaped like the greek letter "theta".

The pair is located roughly 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus (The River). Billions of stars and dark dust are caught up in this beautiful gravitational swirl. The blue spiral arms with their many young stars and star-forming regions make a striking contrast with the yellow-reddish core of older stars.

This image is based on data acquired with the 1.5 m Danish telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile, through three filters (B: 900 s, V: 400 s, R: 400 s).

Crediti:

ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R.Gendler and A. Hornstrup.

A proposito dell'immagine

Identificazione:ngc1232b
Tipo:Osservazione
Data di pubblicazione:Giovedì 03 Dicembre 2009 23:18
Dimensione:2057 x 2025 px

A proposito delll'oggetto

Nome:NGC 1232
Tipo:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Distanza:60 Milione Anni luce
Constellation:Eridanus
Categoria:Galaxies

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Position (RA):3 9 52.34
Position (Dec):-20° 34' 21.93"
Field of view:13.55 x 13.34 arcminutes
Orientazione:Il Nord è a 45.0° a destra della verticale